Bachelors fret at mall bias
DOHA • ‘Family Day’ ruling enforced by major shopping centres continues to irk bachelors keen to shop at these places.
Security personnel yesterday barred most bachelors from entering the mall's premises. However, some bachelors from certain communities were given access causing some tension at the mall’s entrance, this reporter observed.
"It's so unfair. The guards did not even mind them," commented a bachelor who saw two men entering the mall. Disappointed bachelors — mostly from the Industrial Area — who came to the City Center yesterday expressed disgust over the shopping centre management's newly implemented decision.
"I didn't know that Friday is a family day at the City Center. I actually came from Villaggio Mall since I was not allowed to enter there too. So where are guys like me going to shop?" an irate man said.
Clever bachelors, however, were able to enter the shopping mall by tagging to families or joining single women. Some helpful women went in and out several times fetching other bachelors who wanted to window shop, talk with friends, and even just enjoy the comforts of the air-conditioned mall.
For some bachelors, it was also a chance to make more friends, especially with single women. Others availed of the rear entrance where guards were more lenient, while a few took the elevator where no security personnel
were stationed.
Efforts to contact officials from City Center proved futile as on one was available to make a statement on the issue.
Meanwhile, the City Center bus stop has just been shifted to the back of the shopping mall which caused some confusion among the passengers. The transfer was due to the ongoing road works in the area, a Karwa dispatcher said. It can also be noted that the pick-up point for taxis had earlier been moved near the parking space on the left side of the mall which many commuters lauded because of the shaded area but motorists abhorred because of obstruction to traffic.
Source ::: The Peninsula / By RAYNALD RIVERA
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Shame on the dailies out here!!!!!!!!!!!!
They sucks!!! couldnt even get a statement from the responsible management of this malls on the issue even after so many days. Journalism???? go run a fish shop..
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For goodness sake - stop whinging! There are plenty of hotel lobbies to hang out in - Four Seasons, Sheraton etc etc etc Hi, back to the gin!
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well qatarisun .. hope this cud b said to the ppl who attend colleges abroad "come, study, leave the country" but guess this is not the case 'cause all r not the same .. anyways .. guess there is no point to continue as now we as human beings being divided r the creation gone wrong 'cause some seem to be above others and not realizing that we all r one ..
So the main point then is Ppl get married or hire a wife for fridays .... Peace
while living back home those poor workers dont know what is the exact value of 400 riyals,not like the one who is offered 40000 riyals and still investigating wether this money is enough to live in qatar (we have read post ourselves on QL) and more over the manpower agency offeres them more than what they actually are paid once they come here ..this is for your info in case if u dont know...
Live Lfe, i guess they DO realize. They offered you a job in their country for a certain salary...you accepted both a job and the salary. They want you to do your job for the salary that you agreed about, and go back home! It is that simple.
Dunno if they realize that these malls were built by these people who work their ass off in all weather conditions for a small amount of pay and wat do they get in return .. turning their only day off - off limits to them 'cause its Family day !!
Wonder why the families cant make their usual trips/purchases on the weekdays ? There won't be any 'nó parking space' issue .... Well why not try a day for the bachelors .. 'Bachelors Day'
adnan.. about qataries.. it is THEIR country.. they can NOT be stopped anywhere in their own country! it would be a nonsense! but they DO can make the rules for the strangers...it's a time to get used to this rule and.. just to take it easy...
i wonder how cum large group of qataris strol in the mall on fridays? wondering if they ben stoppd at gate..
` c h i n g a A a l i n g `
it's clearly written in the Quran that bachelors can't go to malls.
can't remember the exact chapter but it goes along the lines of "blah blah pig bad blah blah thou shalt not shop if thy single male blah blah blah did i mention pig is bad blah blah blah".
I refrain from City Centre because the parking (lack of it) is such a turn-off.
Not that keen on paying for parking either, because that will be the start of a spiral increase.. no end to that..
Would be keen to see light rail transport system into City Centre actually.. so we can park anywhere we like and get reliable, easy access and minimize contribution to CO2 emission.. =)
Sometimes I wish the malls would start charging for parking, like QR1 or QR2. I bet that would make it easier for us to find parking.
nah.. you don't have to learn arabic... you can just pretend to be a mute... that should tide you over for emergency shopping =P
but qatarisun's suggestion is very feasible too! if you wear the veil, it should be pretty foolproof~~~
Or buy a thob and gatra and learn some arabic
GUYS! here is a solution!
you can put on women's clothes!!!
and go to any Mall any day of the week you want!
i guess all malls have famly day on friday..
maybe the ladies can set up an "escort" service... hahaha...
anyway.. not discriminating, but just an observation.. I think "family day" helps to ease the crowds, benefits the ladies who don't wish to jostle with the herds of bachelors hanging around "enjoying the comforts of the air-conditioned mall"...
anyway.. guys don't really window-shop, right? they know what exactly they want and buy it and that's it.. so.. I guess just to go places like Dasman Centre or Family Food Centre... they seem to have everything a guy needs?
Also, the malls take turns to do "family day".. I believe that
- THURS = Landmark,
- FRI = City Centre,
- SAT = Villagio?
But yes, Doha definitely can do with more recreational areas for all genders... malls are getting boring...
oh, you mean in general single women.....but anyway women usually spend much more than guys...
i went in on friday... no one asked me where i was going... and i went in all alone... maybe they should have stopped me, then maybe i would have found a single woman to let me in...
single women
spinsters??? ha ha ha...
the spinsters in. If they let the spinsters in then this is gender discrimination.I need to sue City center
Where the hell else to go and Kill the holdiays here??..
there is nothing other than malls .. even corniche and the park suring the summer is impossible.
Hi All. i wounder why the Qatri Government have never planned to make some recrational places for general public, like parks. only the one Cornechie is the place where people strolls and relax.
i believe the Qatris donot wanna such things as they spend their wekends in Dubai..
Cheers
"...Some helpful women went in and out several times fetching other bachelors.."
.. wow... good way of making some money...:P
but on more serious note...
"...who wanted to window shop, talk with friends, and even just enjoy the comforts of the air-conditioned mall...."
THIS IS A PROBLEM!
Other day I came to Villagio to buy some really necessary stuff.. I hate shopping, specially MALLS shopping… I go there only when I really need it! …so … at that time in Villagio I was not able to find a parking, and I have left!!
So… it IS a problem, that so many people "wanted to window shop, talk with friends, and even just enjoy the comforts of the air-conditioned mall"...
what people like ME, who NEEDS TO SHOP, and not to enjoy the comforts of the air-conditioned mall, have to do???
I really don't understand what kind of pleasure ppl find in going around and doing nothing but staring , in these crowded places! Wallah, what a waste of time!!
i saw this happening on friday, i think it is the most stupid idea in the world. its a form of discrimination and serves absolutely NO purpose whatso ever! stupid stupid rule.... and its true that certain bachelors (of a certain race) were allowed to enter while others were denied. who would make up such a stupid idea???!
"And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course" -Khalil Gibran
See how many expat boycott the Mall. Fat Hope :)
Better all boycott the mall.
we all know that Friday is everybody's off day. some they called it rest day.
now, the bottomline of their proposed Friday's Family Day is unfair. in all expats, weekdays are for works and weekend is for enjoying the day at mall with friends, shopping, etc.
why they don't make it on Saturday instead. saturday is the first day of work and Qatari's has no work on saturday so that's their time to limit all malls for them.
this is rubbish! this makes me pack up and leave qatar...for good!!!!!!
Shall I book the next available flight 4 U :)
Get used ot it. You can not do a hoot to change the situation by screeming behind the Box here:(
... they tried to turn me away as well. I'm western, mid-40's - I told them I was meeting my family 'inside', and I was let through.
For some bachelors, it was also a chance to make more friends, especially with single women.
Malls are the new nightclubs, so it would seem.
this is brutal.. family guys have atleast their family around . THis ones sacrifies a lot for a living.
They should be given the freedom to move.
this is rubbish! this makes me pack up and leave qatar...for good!!!!!!
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away."
This is frankly an appalling decision by the management of the City Centre Mall at all levels - commercially, socially and economically. What possible good can it do to yet further otricise the majority of the Doha population who in all probability have little other than a weekly jaunt to the Mall to look forward to on their one day off per week!!! Its little wonder that there was nobody available from the alleged management of City Centre to offer comment - clearly they would feel as do I that the decision is indefensible!!
You are absolutely correct. They are all coming from different part of the world. They sacrifice a lot to live and work here. Atleast, their right of moving freely around Qatar should not be prohibited, I believe. I never heard that a family is harrassed or assaulted by a bachelor or a group of bachelors in a safe place like Qatar.
Best wishes to all!
oh dont be surprised if they base the entry to the bachelors depending on the nationality. But i wonder when the bachelors r not allowed to enter ny of the shopping centres, plus they hav a housing prob where 10 ppl r crammed in one room. so where r they expected to go? no wonder they r walkg outside on the roads, n running in front of the cars while crossing the roads. i cant even blame them coz there isnt nywhere for them to go.imagine in this scortching heat.hmmmm.